Max Whitlock insisted his fall in the European Championships this year has "100 per cent" made him stronger as he steps up preparations for Tokyo.

The 28-year-old reigning Olympic and world pommel horse champion made a costly error when he fell in qualifying during the European Championships in Switzerland.

Despite not coming away with yet another medal to add to his collection, Whitlock – who has five European golds to his name – has taken the positives from the experience.

"It happens. If you look at my stats, I've got some good European results under my belt but I've also made mistakes on four out of seven Europeans that I've done, and that's a lot of mistakes," Whitlock told the PA news agency.

"I'll just do all those opportunities that I can, I'll livestream quite a lot of routines so that I get an audience, and the pressure of people watching. Just different environments that are going to help me in those situations," he said.

"It's a shame (that the arena will not be full) but we'll have to thrive off the team atmosphere, more so here, and we're going to have to try and support each other more than we normally do and just gel and go together as much as we can to give it our best shot."

:: Whitlock was speaking to the PA news agency at the Adidas kit launch for the Team GB and Paralympics GB kits for Tokyo 2020